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Thomas Campbell, a Common card
Thomas Campbell was a Scottish poet at the intersection of the neoclassical with the Romantic style of British poetry.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 100
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 12,000
Power 100 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Thomas Campbell quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Thomas Campbell card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His most successful poem was The ______ of Hope, which is a didactic poem in heroic couplets.
Answer
Pleasures. His most successful poem was The Pleasures of Hope, which is a didactic poem in heroic couplets. From the Thomas Campbell article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Merit order. Merit order 63 · Thomas Campbell 60 · Joachim Patinir 57 · Anselm Feuerbach 51 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His most successful poem was The Pleasures of Hope, which is a didactic poem in heroic couplets.
- He also composed patriotic war songs including "Ye Mariners of England", "The Soldier's Dream", "Hohenlinden", and The Battle of the Baltic, in addition to simple lyrics such as "At Love's Beginning".
- He also was a founder and the first President of the London literary Clarence Club, and a co-founder of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, and one of the instigators of the plan to found University College London.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Thomas Campbell article was read about 12,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Thomas Campbell
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Thomas Campbell (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Sir Thomas Lawrence (died 1830), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
